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Page 88
... able to write a book ; if mechanics want money , or ladies shame , they write books and solicit subscriptions . Scarce a morning passes , that proposals of this nature are not thrust into the half - opening doors of the rich , with ...
... able to write a book ; if mechanics want money , or ladies shame , they write books and solicit subscriptions . Scarce a morning passes , that proposals of this nature are not thrust into the half - opening doors of the rich , with ...
Page 120
... able to provide this week for the wants of the week ensuing ; but after some time , if I found myself sure of eating one day , I never troubled my head how I was to be supplied another . I seized every precarious meal with the utmost ...
... able to provide this week for the wants of the week ensuing ; but after some time , if I found myself sure of eating one day , I never troubled my head how I was to be supplied another . I seized every precarious meal with the utmost ...
Page 130
... able to tell to what parish I belonged , or where I was born ; so they sent me to another parish , and that parish sent me to a third ; till at last it was thought I belonged to no parish at all . At length , however , they fixed me . I ...
... able to tell to what parish I belonged , or where I was born ; so they sent me to another parish , and that parish sent me to a third ; till at last it was thought I belonged to no parish at all . At length , however , they fixed me . I ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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